#B49A1A#B49A1A

#B49A1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.136 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A1A
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 26)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 85.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -2.58, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 63.22, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0148 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.136 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5662, 32.8908, 5.7157)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A1A #1A34B4

analogous

#B44D1A #B49A1A #81B41A

triadic

#B49A1A #1AB49A #9A1AB4

tetradic

#B49A1A #1AB44D #1A34B4 #B41A81

square

#B49A1A #1AB44D #1A34B4 #B41A81

split-complementary

#B49A1A #1A81B4 #4D1AB4

monochromatic

#493E0B #7F6C12 #B49A1A #E0C22B #E8D160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#B49A1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#B49A1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A1A

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A1A	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C38D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.136 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfb765',
    500: '#b49a1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a1a;
$custom-light: #cfb765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68946,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A1A

secondary

#5D70CC

accent

#56F136

background

#FDFBF6

surface

#FAF6EB

border

#D3D0C6

text

#151106

muted

#83807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A1A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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